Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling.

The good thing about working alone is I get a lot done and I can experiment more. The bad thing is I miss out on the gregarious, social way that most musicians work.

One simple word: ugh. Is something still considered a conspiracy if it's played out right under our noses?

My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals

I'm envious of people who can sleep as long as they want. I have the circadian rhythm of a farmer.

The good thing about not being drop-dead gorgeous is that as time passes, I don't have much to worry about. I have friends who are actors and every day they look in the mirror with trepidation.

Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?

I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.

Ignorance is the parent of fear.

Dogs have boundless enthusiasm but no sense of shame. I should have a dog as a life coach.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

I decided that not talking is like a litmus test for a real friend. You can just sit there and be. Not always be filling up the air with words

America’s Declaration of Independence speaks of “the pursuit of happiness, ” but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don’t find it by seeking it.

I always entertain great hopes.

We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis.

Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen

I grew up in an abusive home and was told on a daily basis by my father that I would never amount to anything and that I looked like a boy.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.